1830–1912
Conductor, educator, organist, arranger

Notable conductor, organist, master organ builder and music educator, one of the most important creators of the Latvian music scene in the Kurzeme Province in the second half of the 19th century.

1841–1919
Conductor, organist, composer, educator

Born on 7 May 1841 at the Vecdreimaņi homestead in Vīķi parish. Attended the Aloja Congregational school (1855-1858), later the Vidzeme Teachers’ Seminary in Valka (1859-1862), where he was recruited as an assistant teacher (1862-1867). Importantly, met Jānis Cimze here, who laid deep ideological foundations for the rest of Zīle’s life.